Human Resource Director

Homestead Rehab & Health Care Center; Newton (NJ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Homestead Rehab & Health Care Center is seeking an Human Resources Generalist to perform HR-related duties at a professional level, covering employee relations, training, employment, labor relations, and compliance. The role includes responding to complaints, handling unemployment claims, participating in orientation, and maintaining HR records.

The ideal candidate has 2–4 years of HR generalist experience and a Bachelor’s degree in HR management or a related field, with preferred equivalent

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in a human resources generalist role.
• Bachelor's degree in HR management or a related field or equivalent education, training and experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partners with employees and management to communicate HR policies, procedures, laws, standards, and government regulations.
• Responds to employee relation issues such as complaints, harassment, and civil rights concerns.
• Represents the company for unemployment claims and participates in orientation processes.
• Maintains and coordinates employee recognition programs and personnel records.
• Maintains relationships with union officials and monitors labor contract adherence.

Skills

Employee relations

Training & development

Policy interpretation

Payroll & benefits admin

HR compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR management or related field

Tools

PBJ (Payroll Based Journal)

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary/Objective

The Human Resources Generalist performs human resources-related duties at the professional level and carries out responsibilities in some or all of the following functional areas: employee relations, training, employment, labor relations, affirmative action and employment equity programs.

Essential Functions

• Partners with employees and management to communicate various human resource policies, procedures, laws, standards, and other government regulations.
• Responds to employee relation issues such as employee complaints, harassment allegations and civil rights complaints.
• Represents the company for any unemployment claims.
• Participates in orientation process.
• Maintains and coordinates employee recognition programs.
• Reviews applications and interviews applicants to match experience with specific job-related requirements.
• Maintains working relationship with union officials and adheres to terms of labor contract by monitoring day-to-day implementation of policies concerning wages, hours and working conditions.
• Represents management in investigating, answering, and settling grievances, by arranging and scheduling grievance hearings between union personnel, supervisor and the management team.
• Responds to all EEOC and NLRB charges.
• Develops and maintains affirmative action program; files EEO-1 annually; maintains other records, reports, and logs to conform to EEO regulations.
• Writes and places advertisements; works with supervisors to screen and interview candidates; conducts exit interviews.
• Maintains organizational charts and employee directory.
• Ensures compliance with all federal, state, and local employment laws.
• Administers health and wellness plans, including enrollments, changes, and terminations. Processes required documents through payroll and insurance providers to ensure accurate record-keeping and proper deductions.
• Enter required information into CMS Payroll Based Journal (PBJ).
• Performs customer service functions by answering employee requests and questions.
• Prepares OSHA Logs 300 and 301, files annual OSHA reports
• Prepares annual Bureau of Labor Statistic reports;
• Completes various audits for Workman’s Compensation; Teamsters, Payroll Based Journal and 401K plans.
• Reviews Workman’s Compensation reports; files reports with carrier.
• Acts a liaison with Workman’s Compensation carrier and employee
• Reviews I-9s for Completeness by employee, verifies I-9 documentation and maintains I-9 files.
• Conducts audits of payroll and benefits.
• Assists with processing of terminations.
• Assists with the preparation of the performance review process.
• Makes photocopies; mails, scans and emails documents; and performs other clerical functions.
• Files documents into appropriate employee files.
• Assists or prepares correspondence as requested
• Prepares new-employee files.
• Processes mail.

Required Education and Experience

Two to four years of experience in human resource generalist role.

Bachelor's degree in human resource management or a related field or equivalent education, training and experience preferred